Islam in Taiwan
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Islam in Taiwan
Twice in its history the island of Taiwan has been invaded by Chinese refugees fleeing the collapse of a mainland regime. And both times Muslims were among them. The first invasion occurred in 1661, after the fall of the Ming dynasty, when a legendary hero called Koxinga (Cheng Cheng-kung) led 25,000 followers from the southern coast of China and seized Taiwan from the Dutch. The second invasion took place nearly three centuries later, in 1949, when Nationalist President Chiang Kaishek, after his defeat by the Communists, led more than a million followers into exile on the island of Formosa, a Portuguese name meaning "beautiful."
[edit] Taiwan Mosques
List of mosques in Taiwan:
- Kaohsiung Mosque
- Long Gang Mosque
- Taichung Mosque
- Tainan Mosque
- Taipei Cultural Mosque
- Taipei Grand Mosque
[edit] References
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